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Wyoming Library Association Section of School Library Media Personnel

WLA Fall Conference, Oct. 1-3, 2009

Copyright in the School Setting (Conf. Presentation PPT) - Administrator's Role

Friday, Oct. 2, 2009 2:00-3:00 PM Garden Room 2
Jan Segerstrom & Lori Clark-Erickson, Teton County School Dist. #1
  • Administrator Awareness Training PPT (Draft)
  • NPR Copyright Song - ""And I Copied It!" by Nancy White
  • Carol Simpson's Website
  • Hall Davidson's Website
  • Doug Johnson's Website
  • TeacherTube YouTube

Copyright Free (Friendly) Multimedia Resources (Conf Presentation PPT)
Friday, Oct. 2, 2009 3:15-4:15 PM Garden Room 2
Lori Clark-Erickson & Jan Segerstrom, Teton County School Dist. #1
Information Power - Saturday Post-Conference

INFO POWER 2009


From presentation at Info Power 2009
At the National Education Association Representative Assembly (NEA-RA), held in San Diego in July 2009, the following amendment to the NEA Legislative Program was approved. This Legislative Program guides the lobbying efforts of the National Education Association during the 111th Congress, Second Session.

NEA supports
  • including school library programs taught by certified or licensed media specialist (teacher/librarian) in the list of core subject areas under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
This can be found in the first section of the Legislative Program under: HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION/STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT [contact Sally Mack for more details]

INFO POWER 2009

Join Pam Berger

InfoSearcher
Teacher Librarian Network Ning - Pam Berger's page
Flyer of Program
Registration for Info Power 2009

2009 SSLMP Spring Meeting
Riverton, April 17-18, 2009
SSLMP Meeting Minutes

2008 WLA Fall Conference
Casper, October 1-4, 2008
SSLMP Meeting Minutes

2008 SSLMP Spring Meeting
Casper, April 18-19, 2008
SSLMP Meeting Minutes

2007 WLA Fall Conference
Cheyenne, September 13-15, 2007
SSLMP Meeting Minutes

2007 SSLMP Spring Meeting
Casper, April 20, 2007
SSLMP Meeting Minutes

2006 WLA Fall Conference
Gillette, September 29, 2006
SSLMP Meeting Minutes


SSLMP Mission Statement:
To network, encourage and disseminate information helpful to the school library media community in Wyoming.

Objectives:
  • To improve the quality of learning in both formal and informal settings
  • To support school library media personnel
    • in developing standards that promote effective use of the school library media center
    • by sharing and disseminating information, techniques, and standards
    • by informing state leadership of the importance of school libraries to the educational mission
    • by establishing and maintaining channels of communications between the organization, the profession and the public
    • by stimulating use of communication technologies throughout Wyoming
    • in assisting administrators, managers, and others responsible for planning communication technologies and materials in schools and libraries
    • by encouraging research on a statewide basis to determine current "best practices"
    • in collaborating with the State Department of Education and State Government in the formation of policies, standards, and practices in educational communications and technologies
    • in maintaining contact with agencies who are interested in educational communication and technology as well as establishing cooperation with the educational communications industry

Goals:
  • To promote the use of information more efficiently and effectively
  • To encourage our local communities to support our endeavours within the schools as well as the State to enhance academic achievement for our students

Membership Fees: $5.00 per fiscal year

Officers: Chair (1-year term) Chair-Elect (1-year term) Secretary (2-year term)

Benefits of SSLMP Membership:
  • Networking with other school librarians across the state regarding issues important to you and your library media center.
  • Staying informed of current practices, changes in organization bylaws, and many other state & at'l library media issues.
  • Taking advantage of educational opportunities and library media programming that SSLMP offers.
  • Supporting certified school library professionals, paraprofessionals, and support staff.
  • Working toward a common goal of implementing Information Power guidelines and the National Information Literacy Standards
  • Helping patrons become information literate.



SSLMP By-Laws (Revised on April 20, 2007 at the Spring Section Mtg - To be voted upon at the 2007 fall conference section meeting)





WLA SSLMP Information Power Webpage Information

http://www.wyla.org/infopower/index.shtml



2006-2007 Information Power Goals

Click here for revision draft - WLA 2007

Goal #1: Continuously review and refine the Wyoming Information Power Implementation Plan.

Goal #2: Offer Information Power awareness opportunities and programming that informs community organizations and Wyoming librarians of the Information Power standards and principals.
A. Spring Section Meeting 2006 – David Loertscher “Ban Those Bird Units”
B. 2006 Information Power Summer Institute (Joyce Valenza)
C. Fall Conference 2006 – AASL past president (guest presenter) & AASL Leadership & Collaboration Institute
D. Spring Section Meeting 2007 (strategic plan alignment & bylaws)
E. Encourage strong participation in the program committee planning for conference.
F. Utilize LSTA funding for school-library staff development

Goal #3: Promote use of electronic informational resources to school librarians and state population and other libraries and librarians outside the school population.
A. Creation of a SSLMP wiki during the 2006 Info Power Summer Institute
B. Creation of a SSLMP blog during the 2006 Info Power Summer Institute
C. SSLMP mailing list
D. Development of a SSLMP Handbook from the State Library => Website

Goal #4: Encourage curricular collaboration between all types of librarians and educators.
A. Invite the Academic Section to Information Power activities
B. Fall Conference 2006 – AASL past president (guest presenter) & AASL Leadership & Collaboration Institute

Goal #5: Enhance communication, network capabilities, and collaborative efforts between library media personnel in Wyoming.
A. Use the WEN (Wyoming Education Network) to communicate when face-to-face communication is not an option-especially for section officer meetings.
B. Continue offering strong programming at the spring section meetings, Information Power Summer Institute, and fall conference which encourages more school library personnel to attend.
C. Provide time during meetings for collaborative discussions and networking
D. Support the formation of a joint section meeting in the spring between four of the sections, not just Children’s and School.

Goal #6. Identify issues/concerns/needs of the school library media specialists in the state.

A. Conduct needs assessments following section meetings and summer Institute.
B. Participate in school library questionnaires/surveys to generate data that may support the need for change due to issues, needs, and concerns that surface from the questionnaires/surveys.



Upcoming Events:


Spring Section Meeting - Casper, WY, Holiday Inn, April 20-21, 2007

Information Power Summer Institute VII - August 13-14, 2007 Jackson Hole, Wy

2007 Fall Conference - Cheyenne, Wy, Little America, Sept. 13-15, 2007



Past Events:


Information Power Summer Institute VI
*Joyce Valenza "21st Century Library Media Strategies"
August 9th, 2006
UW Outreach Builidng, Casper, Wyoming

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Joyce Valenza's Resource Tools

SSLMP Membership

Coming Soon!//
Open source software links:
Teacher Librarian toolkit Ontario Library assoc:
Digital Storytelling: Possibly differentiatied by grade level
Links to Tutorials -Web quests, blogs, wikis, rubrics
Tutorials on plagiarism
Tutorial on internet safety
Tutorial on information process model similiar to the program available from Oregon Dept. of Ed.
Tutorial on academic honesty
Link to Kathy Schrock's resources
Projects or work on ISTE or NETS standards to use as resources
Powerpoints or presentations from conferences
List of databases/automation systems subscribed to by individual libraries in order for individual to contact and request information - a
recommendation paragraph would be helpful within this document
Teacher page - resources for teachers, databases which could be helpful for specific projects
Parent page
Resources for librarians - lesson plans, databases, professional literature, collection development
Links to our OPACs
Description of WYLD databases that can be electronically given to staff members for newsletters.